Germantown High School (Tennessee)

Germantown High School
Germantown High School
Address
	7653 Poplar Pike; Germantown, Tennessee; USA
Information
Type	Public
Established	1910 (at present location)
Principal	Dr. Lonnie Harris
Faculty	109 (2006)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2800 (2000)
Campus	Suburban
Website	Website

Germantown High School is a high school (grades 9-12) in Germantown, Tennessee. It is part of the Shelby County school system. In 2000, it had an enrollment of 2,800. Its teams are called the Red Devils. The student population will be decreasing to 1,300 by 2008.

Awards

Germantown High school received the Blue Ribbon School award from the United States Department of Education from 1994 to 1996.
5-A Football Tennessee State Champions in 2003 and others.[1]
Volleyball Tennessee State Champions in 2005

The 1995 Baseball Team went 38-0 and were National Champions

Cheerleading National Champions in 2003, 2005, and 2006

The school is equipped with its very own award winning television station which broadcasts 24/7 to residents in Germantown. GHS also has its own professional playhouse, the Poplar Pike Playhouse. Germantown High School's nationally recognized fine arts department was rated as one of the top of its kind in the nation. Students of these programs gain experience in areas such as reporting, producing, editing, acting, communications, choir, back stage work, costumes, and much more. ^{[citation needed]}

The school's magazine, Iconoclast, has won numerous awards from such organizations as the National Council for Teachers of English, Scholastic Press Association, and the prestigious gold medal from Columbia University. The 2006-2007 staff broke ground with a new layout and design that is already gaining awards buzz for the magazine. It is notable, for it is the first issue not to have a cover produced by the art department.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

Germantown High School offers a variety of sports: Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Wrestling. Germantown High Cross-Country team went to the State Meet in 1994,1995, 1996. Some of the runners who qualifed were Jacob Zwieg, Marcus Johnson, Mike Gill, and Lee Eilert.

Germantown Red Devil Football 1983 and 2003 State Champions. 1980, 1986, 1990 and 1994 State Football Runner Up. Germantown Touchdown Club has website www.germantownreddevilsfootball.com Red Devil football is looking for alumni looking to get involved with the program. Contact Wray Rodgers @ wraydon2@yahoo.com

Notable alumni

Ben Johnson, Major League Baseball player
Debbie Elliott, National Public Radio broadcaster
Paul Maholm, Major League Baseball pitcher
Jeremy Padawer, popular kid's entertainment / toys executive
Chris Parnell, comedian
Cindy Parlow, US Women's National Soccer Team member
Missi Pyle, actress
Robbe Haynes, suspected felon / village idiot
Tony Williams, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle
Herkey Cantu, football player
John Koski, General Manager of Fox 13 in Memphis,TN
Traci Adell (aka: Traci Adell Sikkink), Playboy Playmate July 1994, model, actress
Eric Still, #99pick in the 1990 NFL Draft from the University of Tennessee
Keith Hooper, college basketball player, Mississippi State Univ, 1991 SEC Champions
Kim Hooper, college basketball player, Indiana University
Rachel Hoover, College Soccer Player, University of Hartford, final four appearance in 1992
Justin Asquith, constantly drunk frat guy, University of Tennessee, recieved oral sex in V Gym freshman year of high school
Carter Pierce, Nobel Prize nominee 2004
Zach Berry, Frat star wannabe. Avid Facebook enthusiast. Masterful stalker of women. Attends Ole Miss, where he creeps out girls constantly.
Mark Bates, well known hell-raiser. Idolizes Dale Earnhart and has analyzed every single second of the live version of the song "Freebird".
Rob Melton, Sigma Nu at Ole Miss

Kevin Gaines- notorious criminal and UFC champion. Now a nazi politcal activist/klansmen.